⁵ Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength.^(A)

³⁷ He said to him, “Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.^[a](A)

⁶ For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision accomplishes anything; what matters is faith^(A) working through love.^(B)

²² But the fruit of the Spirit^(A) is love,^(B) joy,^(C) peace, patience,^(D) kindness,^(E) goodness, faithfulness,

²³ Peace to the brothers and sisters, and love with faith, from God the Father^(A) and the Lord Jesus Christ.

³ We recall, in the presence of our God and Father,^(A) your work produced by faith,^(B) your labor motivated by love, and your endurance inspired by hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.^(C)

Encouraged by Timothy

⁶ But now Timothy has come to us^(A) from you and brought us good news about your faith and love. He reported that you always have good memories of us and that you long to see us, as we also long to see you.^(B)

⁸ But since we belong to the day, let us be self-controlled^(A) and put on the armor^(B) of faith and love, and a helmet^(C) of the hope of salvation.

¹⁴ and the grace of our Lord overflowed, along with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.

²⁰ If anyone says, “I love God,” and yet hates his brother or sister,^(A) he is a liar.^(B) For the person who does not love his brother or sister^(C) whom he has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen.^[a]